One Possible Solution to the Belief Perseverance Phenomenon Is to

question 114

Multiple Choice

One possible solution to the belief perseverance phenomenon is to

• A)always attempt to justify one's position.
• B)carefully review the objective evidence.
• C)seek the opinions of others.
• D)explain why an opposite belief might be true.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A threshold value that is compared with the test statistic to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Null Hypothesis

A statement that there is no effect or no difference, and it serves as the default assumption to be tested against an alternative hypothesis in statistical analysis.

Doubled Samples

An approach in research where the sample size is increased twofold to improve the statistical power or reduce the margin of error.

Dependent-Samples T Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two related groups to determine if there is a significant difference between them.